The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-11-17
Daily Observations

pie to-day, coming in to hear the election
news. 1t is a good day to meet ones ae
quaintances, and if they are Republican
acquaintances they look well, too, for ev
cry one of them has tremendous grin OF
his face. -. Green Shumate, Uncle Ale
Poor, Squire Armpstead Scurlock, E. E
Bingham, and a large number of wei
known persons from a distance, are in.
1.-THE Prohibition party can now sa.
that it has carried one Township in tn
United States. 1t has elected two Jus
tices of the Peace in Liberty Township.
-. Mr.. Frank Smith voted at the elec
tion yesterday. He is in very poor health
but wanted to get out and give anothel
vote against his old-time enemy, the Dem
ocratic party. ......James Arthur wa!
able to come in and vote, and voted a:
might have been expected of a good Un
ion Soldier-the straight Republican tick
ct.
THURsDAY.-Turning cold again.
The law turns the quail hunters loose to
day, and some of them are out. But the
trouble is, the law only changes slightly
it now makes the farmer the plaintiff, in,
stead of the State. Any man caught
hunting on farm, without consent OF
the owner, is liable to fine. The fol-
lowing is the result of the Examination
last week: Number examined, 2; num-
Der passed, 2; for one year, William HI.
Dawson; for two years, Thomas j. Ev-
ans. -. Judge Evans moved his family
to Columbus last week. Jackson does
not like to lose so good family, but Co
lumbus will gain some good citizens in
the Judge and his excellent family.
If we do not get the electric lights pretty
soon, the people will have to form a joint
stock company, and-buy a lantern apiece.
THE Rink was opened again to-
night. the Jackson Band furnishing the
music.
FRIDAY-A distressing accident oc-
cured in Scioto Township, not far from
Cove Station, to-day. Chris Mcclure, a
gentleman perhaps sixty years of age,
took gun to the corn-crib, as he claimed,
to shoot rats. He was not seen again
alive. Shortly after his departure with
the gun, he was found near the door of
the crib, shot through the head, and dead.
The gun was standing in the door of the
crib, with the muzzle pointing outward.
1t was at first thought that it was case
his death was perhaps caused by attempt
ing to pull the gun out of the crib after
him, muzZle foremost ..... Mrs. Pauline
Chestnut died suddenly this morning, af-
ter long season of suffering, from
stroke of paralysis. She had stroke
last winter, and last night had another.
Mrs. Chestnut was splendid woman, the
wife of James Chestnut, the merchant
SATURDAY.-The town is full of peo-
pie from the country. 49,. Uncle Sammy
Claar is in. -. Mr.. JEFF. Dever called to-
day.. Our old friend Elijah Crabtree
called. -. We had a pleasant call from
Mr.. T. l.. Hughes, of Oak Hill. Mr..
Hughes is one of the old-time patrons of
the Standard, as well as one of the best
men in Southern Ohio. -. Mr.. Dan Jen-
kins, of Oak Hill, called to-day. 49,. Mr..
w. Fl. Hanley called. ..... We received
letter to-day from Silas Fl. Mason, of
West Virginia. He used to work as
Cdl pOltCI LII bAiO SOuA1y .SSulCO q
number of quails in the market, at ten
cents apiece. and some of them at dollar
a dozen. ..... Judge Miller has purchased
a flock of sheep to put on his Liberty
farm -. Tom Delay went to
Kansas few days ago to purchase drove
of mules for use in the coal mines. Ir-
vine DUNCAN came home. 49,. Charles
Rhodes left for Washington City.
SUNDAY.-The principal feature of to-
day was the funeral of Mrs. Pauline
Chestnut, at M. E. Church. This was one
of the largest funerals ever held in Jack
son. The Church building would not
nearly hold the crowd of people. Revs.
]. E. Rudisill and C. E. Tedford officiated,
Rev. Rudisill preaching the discourse.
The Crandall Quartette furnished the
music, and the sweet solo singing by Mrs.
Bentley wrought charm, even in the
sadness of that hour. IT. 7. Jones of
Portsmouth Street, died this evening, af-
ter long spell of suffering. His disease
was consumption.
MONDAY. j. Jones, of Oak Hill,
called. 49,. Mrs. Moses Evans, of Glen
Roy, called at this office. -. The Grand
Jury is at work. 49,. Mr.. and Mrs. At
kinson, of Wellston, are in town, stop
ping at the Isham. This morning at
half past five the mournful Gathering of
the fire bell was heard, and the sleepy
citizen who bounced out of bed might
have seen bright light in the direction
Of Jimtown. Mr. Warren Martin had
gone into the stable of Mr.. Jacob A. Long,
to feed stock, when he stumbled over a
lantern, breaking it and setting fire to the
hay. The whole stable was consumed,
but the stock, consisting of several mules
a bull, and a horse or two, was gotten out.
There was quite a drizzle of rain
to-day. -. There is not very large
turnout of people at the opening of
Court. The case of Leroy Reed, for the
or alleged assault, on Pettiford,
comes on for hearing at this term. 1t is
a pity Reed has gotten into this scrape.
He was a splendid soldier, and as a citi-
zen is really good hearted man and a
warm friend, but like many another man,
when drinking seeks to right his own
wrongs. He is a man who has seen lots
of trouble.
TUEsDAY.-Another driZzling rain to-
day. The hunters are striking out in
different directions to-day. The min
ers in the Globe Mine can be heard blast
ing a short distance west of the School
House IA number of young colored
men were waiting in the jury room to-
and passed the time in discussing Courts,
and methods of Furnishing crime. One
had seen enough of Jails-they did no
good. Another had another opinion. and
so on. "Well," said one, Il think these